Hay-loader.



H. T. SHIPLEY. HAY LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. 1908. 966,249.

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Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

H. T. SHIPLEY.

HAY LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. 1908.

966,249. Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 7, 1908.

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HENRY T. SI-IIPLEY, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

HAY-LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 7, 1908.

Patented Aug. 2,1910.

Serial No. 447,426.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. SHIPLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Loaders,.of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of harers, and has. for an object toprovide a machine of this character which. will be espe cially adaptedto be. driven through a field to collect previously deposited hay leftby a mower, and to provide means whereby hay may be received from theswath side, and to finally discharge the hay at right angles from theloader whereby it may be deposited into a wagon which may travel at oneside of the loader.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hay loader includinga collector to elevate the hay from the ground and to deposit it upon anendless conveyer at the front end of the loader and to finally carry thehay from the conveyer to a point at one side of the machine in orderthat it may be dumped away from the path of movement of said machine.

A further object of this invention is to provide a wheeled frame uponwhich is sup ported a revoluble collector for hay and to deposit thelatter upon an endless conveyer driven by the ground. wheels of themachine.

A further object of this invention is to provide a horizontally disposedconveyer located at the front of the loader to discharge hay upon an.angularly adjustable conveyer located at one side of the machine, and toprovide a guard upon the angularly adjustable conveyer to effectivelyprevent scattering of the hay during its travel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collector, an endlessconveyer and a novel form of means for supporting hay after it has beendischarged from the collector to hold the same away from working partsof the machine in order that it may be effectively discharged upon saidconveyer.

A further object is to provide a wheeled axle, a collector and forks ortines at the rear of the collector for effectively engaging the hay withsaid collecton Other objects and advantages will be apparent as thenature of the invention is better disclosed, and it will be understoodthat changes within the scope of the claims may be resorted to withoutdeparting from. the

spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of j reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews, Figure 1 is a top plan view of 1 the loader, Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same, vesters, and more particularly to hay loadan enlargedscale and looking at the machine from the swath side, Fig. 4 is. alongitudinal sectional view through a part of the machine, Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view through a portion of the machine showing theinclined elevator drive shaft, Fig- 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5,showing the horizontall-y disposed elevator drive shaft and clutchmechanism, Fig. 7 is a detail view of the supporting or caster wheel.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a hayloader 1 comprlsing a frame 2 upon which is mounted vertical posts orstandards 3 for supporting front and rear bars 4 and 5 respectively, andend bars 6 and 7. The bars 4, 5, 6 and 7 are disposed in spaced relationto the frame 2. The end bars 6 and 7 are provided upon their under sideswith brackets 8 adapted to support a transversely disposed axle 9. Theaxle 9 adjacent to the bar 6 is bent downwardly as shown at 10 andoutwardly as shown at 11 to support a drive wheel 12 provided upon itsinner face with a bevel pinion 13 for a purpose to be hereinafterreferred to. The axle 9 at its end opposite to the portion 10 supports adrive wheel 14 similar to the wheel 12, but considerably larger, andthis wheel is provided at its inner face with. a bevel pinion 15. Thebars 4 and 5 are connected midway between their ends by a bar 16 andlocated upon the under side of this bar is a bracket 17 having a forkedhorizontally disposed portion 19, and between the arms of said forkedportion is pivotally mounted as indicated at 20 a bracket 21 whichcarries at its lower end a pivotally mounted caster wheel 22 which isthus located at the rear of the machine.

The frame 2 is provided with end bars 23 and 24 respectively, andconnecting cross bars 25 and 26. The bar 23 has mounted thereon avertically extending bracket 27, and the bar 24 has mounted thereon abracket 28, and said brackets have mounted therein portions of ahorizontal shaft 29 provided with a plurality of radial fingers or arms30.

The shaft 29 and said fingers and arms carried thereby will behereinafter termed a collector at the rear of the machine. Rearwardly ofthe collector is shown a plurality of tines 31 having forwardlyprojected surface engaging ends 32 and coiled ends 33 which are engagedwith the axle 9 as indicated at 34. The coiled portions 33 of the tines31 are provided to offer certain resiliency to the tines as will bereadily understood, and it is desirable to construct these tines fromspring steel or the like.

At the front end of the loader is shown a horizontally disposed conveyer35 comprising an endless belt 36 mounted upon rollers 37 and 38respectively. The roller 37 is mounted upon a shaft 39 mounted at itsends in parallel members 40 and 41, and the roller 38 is mounted upon ashaft 42 carried by the members 40 and 41, and this shaft, at

the rear end is also mounted in a journal box 43 on the bracket 28. Theshaft 42 carries a bevel pinion 44 in mesh with a similar pinion 45 uponthe shaft 29. The bracket 28 is provided with angularly disposed boxes46 and 47 respectively, and mounted in these boxes is shown a shaft 48which carries at the lower end thereof a bevel pinion 49 adapted to meshwith the pinion 45 upon the shaft 29. The shaft 48 has slidably mountedthereon a grooved clutch member 50 having an annular serrated face forcoengaging a corresponding face upon a clutch element 51. The element 51carries a bevel pinion 52 in mesh with the pinion 15 carried by thewheel 14. The clutch member 50 receives the forked arms 53 of a rock arm54 pivotally mounted midway between its ends between cars 55 upon thebracket 28. The rock arm has connected thereto the lower end of a link56 which link is also pivotally connected at its upper end to one arm 57of a bell crank lever 58 which is pivotally mounted as shown at 59 tothe bar 7. A suitable rack bar 60 is provided for holding the lever 58in its adjusted position. It will be seen that a movement of the lever58 in a rearward direction will elevate the link 56 and move the rockarm 54 to disengage the clutch element 50 from the element 51. It may bementioned that the pinion 52 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 48 andthat when the elements 50 and 51 are engaged with each other, power willbe transmitted from the pinion 15 to the shafts 29 and 42 respectively,to operate the endless conveyer 35 and the collector previouslydescribed.

An endless conveyer 61 is pivotally connected by means of links 62 tothe conveyer 35, and this conveyer is somewhat similar to the conveyer35 and preferably comprises a belt 63 mounted upon rollers 64 and 65carried by shafts 66 and 67. The shaft 67 is extended rearwardly, asshown, has a portion mounted in the bracket 27, and this shaft carriesat the extreme rear end thereof a pinion 68 which is loosely mounted andis adapted to mesh with the pinion 13 carried by the wheel 12. A slidingclutch element 69 is carried by the shaft 67, is adapted to engage aclutch element 70 carriedby the pinion 68, is provided with a collar 71which receives a rock arm 72 pivotally mounted between ears 73 carriedby the bracket 27 and this rock arm, at its upper end, is looselyconnected to a link 74. The link 74, at the rear end thereof, isconnected to a pivoted lever 75 having a suitable pawl 76 for engaging arack 77 for holding said lever at It will be seen that the shaft 67 iveyer 35, the former being arranged to receive from the latter to carrymaterial upwardly at an angle. To hold the conveyer 61 at the desiredangle with respect to the conveyer 35, I provide said conveyer 61 with abracket 80 which carries a pulley 81, as

shown. The conveyer 35 carries a hook 82 which supports a pulley 83, andthis pulley and the pulley 81 receive a suitable cable or flexibleelement 84. One end of the cable 84 is fixed to a portion of the pulley83 as shown at 85, the cable is then passed over the pulley 81, andfinally over the pulley 83 and thus leaves a free end 86 which may begrasped and operated in order that the conveyer 61 may be moved at thedesired angle.

A suitable guard 87 is located above the conveyer 61 to preventscattering of material during its travel upon said conveyer.

A plurality of curved fingers 88 are secured to a member 89 adjacent tothe conveyer 35, and these fingers have portions 90 curved to liebeneath the shaft 29 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.The fingers are preferably disposedbetween the arms 30 of the collectorand are in a position to receive material therefrom, as shown. Thefingers are also positioned in the manner that they effectively supportmaterial and hold the same away from operative, parts of the loader. Asuitable draft tongue 91 is provided and extends forwardly from thefront end of the loader.

In operation, the loader is driven through a field to collect previouslydeposited hay from a mower, and assuming the machine to be in operation,it will be seen that hay or material to be gathered will be caught bythe tines 31 at the rear of the collector, and the arms 30 of saidcollector will effectively carry the material in an upward direction anddeposit the same upon the fingers 88, and said arms in their movementwill engage the material or hay to the extent that it will be movedtoward the front of the machine and dumped upon the conveyer 35. Duringthe process of gathering or loading, a vehicle may travel in a positionbeneath the conveyer 61 to receive material therefrom as will be readilyunderstood, and from the previously described construction it is obviousthat the conveyer 61 may be moved at the proper angle to suit differentoccasions. It is obvious that the frame of the loader is disposed inspaced relation to the surface upon which the wheels of the loadertravel, and it will be seen that hay or material may be collected frombeneath the frame and carried in an upward direction to be depositedabove the frame upon the con veyer 35.

I claim 1. A hay loader comprising a portable wheeled frame, ahorizontally disposed conveyer mounted upon the forward portion of theframe, a member extending longitudinally at one side of the conveyer, arevolving collector located rearwardly of the conveyer, spaced fingersextended rearwardly from the member of the said conveyer and arranged toreceive material from the said collector and discharge it upon the saidconveyer, a supporting shaft for the said frame, and a plurality ofspaced gathering tines located rearwardly of the collector and havingportions coiled about the said shaft and secured thereto.

2. A machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, aconveyer mounted on said frame, a wheeled axle supported by the frame,an angularly adjustable conveyer located in line with the first namedconveyer, a longitudinally extending member upon the rear side of thesaid first named conveyer, a revolving collector shaft geared to thewheels of the first named shaft, the said shaft having mounted thereon aplurality of radial collect-ing fingers, rearwardly extending spacedfingers supported by the said member of the first named conveyer, thesaid fingers having their rear ends extended downwardly and beneath thesaid collector shaft, means for driving the conveyers, and downwardlyand forwardly extending gathering tines located rearwardly of thecollector shaft.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a portable frame, awheeled axle supporting the frame, a horizontally disposed conveyerlocated forwardly of the axle, an angularly adjustable conveyer disposedin line with the first named conveyer, a longitudinally extending memberat one side of the first named conveyer, a shaft geared to the saidsupporting wheels of the axle and provided with a plurality of radialcollecting fingers, fingers extending from the said longitudinallyextending member of the first named conveyer and having their rear endsextended downwardly and beneath the said shaft, the said collectingfingers being adapted for movement between the said second named fingersand for throwing the collected material thereon, and a plurality ofspaced collecting tines supported by the said axle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY T. SHIPLEY.

Witnesses:

C. A. FLEMING, MAE MUTTART.

